Trooper

Wilkie Mardon

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles and Lucy Mardon, of 27, Joseph St., Palmerston North, New Zealand. Also served in Samoa.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7/1635
Name:
Wilkie Mardon
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Charles Mardon (father), 20 Joseph Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
20 Joseph Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of diphtheria
Date of Death:
26 January 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
7th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
Vessel:
Moeraki or Monowai
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
K. 20.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Wilkie Mardon
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